Holder for securing certificates to the steering columns of vehicles



Dec. 15, 1931. A. o. COBBS 1,836,154

HOLDER FOR SECURING CERTIFICATES TO THE STEERING COLUMNS OF VEHICLES Filed March 2, 1931 INVENTOR.

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i 3 ANSAIQEMIORVILLECOBBS, OF nns'i ro nns, Iowa fioripnitronsnorfn ne"oniitrIFro rEs r0 THE srEER Ne ooLU Ns or'vnnroniis r Applicationffiled Martha, 1931. Serial no; 519,500. 1

-The'* priricinalobject of" my inyentionris to "provide axholden for} displaying; docu; ments 'iIlSlClG fan ftfltOmOtlVg vehicle, such as 110611883 certlficates, "QIIVGYSJYhCQIlSQS and the A; further 'oiijct j ofltifi ima e is to proyid'ea certificate holder that niayihe easily and quickly ta d 620? detached from the steering column otf'ttnfautoinotive yehicle. 10 a n still further objectaof my invention is to provide a certificate-holder that, success- 1 seating compartment-of fa vehicle as Well as i (U! from'a position outside of the vehicle;

QA still further object of my invent on 1s a to provide'an identification or cert ficate;

holderyfor holding automobile license cerof the vehicle.

A still furtherobject of this invention is to provide ane identfioation or certificate holder that is capable of having a Certificate easily and quickly placed in the same or removed from thesame. n V

A still further object of my invention is .0to' provide a holder for the displayingrof a certificatein the seating compartment of an automotive vehicle, such as an automobile,

a "truck or the like that is economical injInanufacture and durable in use. a r y V These and other objects Will be apparent My invention consists in the construction,

arrangement and combination of the various parts of the devicgwhereby the objects con in templated are-attained as hereinafter more "35 portion of the inventionfsuch' as leather,

leatherette or the llke, after it has been-cut and" a transparent sheet of material has-been attached toit, but before thesanie has been folded to form the back portion and front 7 hicle with the Vehicle"orv like; .t its construction fanc is-jtakenjron line V -of-"Fig. ;3.{

"fully'displays 'a-rcerti ficatewhich may be a .seeniia'n'd 'read}.dfrom 'a;pdsitionfliinside the I I I seating coinp'artnient of the Vehiclebyv bolts, tificates5 driver's" licenses or the like, that" 20 may be easily' installed in the seating compartment'of a vehicle Without permanently damaging or detracting from the appearance the accompanying drawings;

FiQ'Q a a, each; tb' {plain viewer" the certificate 'hol der readyfor use.

ldl-igt3'is a sideview' fofthe holdersecured to the steering" column of an auto notiye yet-L 7 I V v partsbroken fQl thG COIISQI fYalJIQD of space.,-.

i Fig. 4isI-across sectional view ofimy vention mounted on the steering column b of b iin'ore fully, illustrate 1 Many Cl ket for displaying driyers"licenses; automoyiceshaye beenvplaced on the-mar; V

bile certificates and thelikeginside the seatns I Pa ntdf v hit e r M o th's v holders as is WBlh kno'iyn are of the;

frame construction "and are secured in the tificatesintheholder'. Ihave overcome such objections by providing 'a flexible ,yisible certificate holder of novel construction that "may be quickly attached to or detached from the steering column of a yehicle'.

I The base portion of inylinvention'is made trom a single'rectangular'sheet of flexible material, such as leather, leatherette 61: the like. f'lhis sheet is doubled equally backupon itself to form the-back} portion 10 of a certificate holder and the lfront'portion; 1'1 ofa-ceftififl? "cate holder,. as 'shown inlFig. 2. ".This l cre- 1 ates alrectangular designjof pleasing and 1 sirable "dimensions. i'In'ithe frontfpoir'tionfl 11 is anio'pening which is enclosed- 'bytran'sparent V'Inaterial 12su'ch "as celluloid; ism-p glass or the= likei This opening iwhich is closedby the transp arent; material is of elonthesanie has-been folded." i x gated rectangular f design extending trans} versely of thelongitudinal'axisofthe'elonn gatedibase sheet of rflexible material before .E'

Theitransparent sheetinaterial 12m'ay be", .secu'red :to. thefront portion "11' by. sewing or other suitable means as-desired. i 'By sucha v construction a;docu1nent. or certificate :is L: "f v 2 1,eee,154

placed between the back portion 10 and the 7 front portion 11, it may be easily seen and read through the transparent sheet 12. The numeral 13 designates two hook rivets spaced apartand extending through the outer marginal side portions of the back portion 10 and front portion. 11, as shown in the drawings. The numeral 14 designates two spaced apart holes on the imaginary line where the front and back portions are folded, as shown in Fig. 1. These holes 14 are somewhat greater distance apart than the two hook rivets are distant from each other. The numeral 15 designates an elastic cord of loop construction by having its two ends inserted through the holes 14, respectively and tied asshown in dotted lines in 2. This completes my certificate holder and to attach it around a steering column 16. it is merely necessary to fold the certificate holder partially around the column and manually draw the elastic cord around the balance of the column and hook the same on the two hook members 13, as shown in 3. To accomplish this it is necessary to stretch the cord 15, thereby .yieldingly. holding the certifi cate holder tightly on the steering'column and inside the seating compartment of the vehicle, in which position it'may be easily viewed from a position inside the vehicle as well asfrom a position outside of the vehicle. To remove ,the certificat-eholderfrom the steering column it is merely necessary to stretch the cord 15 and unhookit from the hook rivets'13. v a

In order that the cord 15 will extend in a desirable straight lineand properly hold the certificate holder when the same is on the steering column, the holes 14 through which the cord 15 extends are slightly further apart from each other than thelhook rivets are from each other, as has heretofore been explained. As the certificate holder is yieldingly held in a taut condition on the steering'column it will not only stay in any position it is placed, but will yieldingly prevent the accidental removal of the certificate from between the back portion 10 and face 12. Also it will be noted that the certificate holder. will develop no rattle or noise while the vehicle to which it is secured is in moton.

From the foregoing it will readily be appreciated that I have provided a holder for certificates that is easily manufactured, is durable in use and is refined in appearance. Some changes inlay be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved holder for securing a certificate to thesteering wheel of a vehicle, without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms ofstructure or use of mechanicalequivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim: 1. In a device of the class described, a single strip of flexible material folded back upon itself near its center to form a back portion and a front portion of the certificate holder and having an opening in said front portion and two spaced apart holes positioned at points where it is folded, a sheet of transparent flexible material for closing the opening in said front portion, a hook member secured to themarginal side portion of said front portion,and a continuous loop of elastic cord extending through said two holes.

2. In a device of the class described, a sin- ANSALEM ORVILLE cones. 

